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China’s Xi Meets More Heads of State in Winter Games Diplomatic Push

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of several more countries on Saturday as Beijing used the start of the Winter Olympics to score diplomatic points amid simmering tensions with the United States. Following a groundbreaking agreement with Russia on Friday over Taiwan and against NATO expansion, Xi held meetings…

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Xi says China, Egypt hold 'similar visions and strategies'

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country and Egypt share similar visions and strategies in defending their own interests

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: 11 key moments from Beijing 2022 opening ceremony

Spectacular lighting of the Olympic flame follows an understated but beautifully realised opening ceremony

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Arrivals with Covid mainly coming from Russia, Kazakhstan

PHUKET: Most of the tourists found infected with Covid-19 upon arrival are coming from Russia or Kazakhstan, provincial governor Narong Woonciew said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Kazakh leader's chief of staff becomes lower house speaker

Kazakhstan's lower house speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin resigned on Tuesday and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's former chief of staff was elected to replace him, continuing a series of top-level reshuffles after deadly unrest.

Reuters

How do we solve bitcoin’s carbon problem?

With bitcoin’s impact on the environment under scrutiny, experts debate whether a greener cryptocurrency is possible

The Guardian - UK

Some Kazakh protesters feel they were tricked into fuelling clan feud

Some anti-government protesters in Kazakhstan, angry at a steep rise in car fuel prices, said their peaceful demonstrations this month were hijacked by mysterious masked men and that they feel they were tricked into fuelling a clan power struggle.

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Kazakh president Tokayev takes over as ruling party leader

Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party elected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its chairman on Friday, his office said in a tweet, finalising the transfer of political power from his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Reuters

Focus on trade and connectivity as PM Modi set to host first India-Central Asia summit

PM to hold video conference with Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

The Hindu

EXPLAINER: What post-unrest reforms is Kazakhstan proposing?

The leader of Kazakhstan has trumpeted ambitious economic reforms following the worst outburst of public unrest the country of 19 million has seen in three decades

The Independent UK

Power blackout hits Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

The central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan suffered electrical power outages in major cities on Tuesday, according to authorities and residents, after a major power line in Kazakhstan was disconnected.

Reuters

Kazakhstan's internet shutdown is the latest episode in an ominous trend: digital authoritarianism

The Kazakhstan government shut off the internet nationwide on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to widespread civil unrest in the country. The unrest started on Jan. 2, after the government lifted the price cap on liquid natural gas, which Kazakhs use to fuel their cars. The Kazakhstan town of Zhanaozen,…

The Conversation

Kazakhstan unrest exposes cracks in long-term dictatorship

Staying in power forever is difficult for any authoritarian ruler. The downfall of a leader who was viewed as a model for tyranny may have served as a warning to heads of state plotting long-term dictatorships.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

VIDEO: Russia Says ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops Have Left Kazakhstan

Moscow says all troops and weapons are now back in Russia.

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The Guardian - UK

‘His family robbed the country’: personality cult of ex-Kazakh leader crumbles

Anger over corruption and economic inequality is largely directed at Nursultan Nazarbayev and family

The Independent UK

Kazakh defense minister fired; last Russia-led troops leave

The Russian Defense Ministry says all the troops deployed to Kazakhstan by a Russia-led security alliance to help quell violent unrest have left the former Soviet nation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kazakhstan Security Forces on High Alert in Almaty amid Calls for Fresh Protests

Security forces blocked several downtown streets and cordoned off one of the squares in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty on Wednesday as an opposition group planned to stage protests, a Reuters correspondent reported from the scene. The oil-rich Central Asian nation was shaken this month by the worst bout of violence…

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Kazakhstan security forces on high alert in Almaty amid calls for fresh protests

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‘I have not gone anywhere’: former Kazakh leader denies fleeing country

Nursultan Nazarbayev says he is taking ‘deserved rest’ in four-minute video released on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Kazakhstan's ex-leader rejects reports that he fled abroad

Kazakhstan’s influential former leader has released a short video in which he talked about the violent unrest that engulfed the ex-Soviet nation earlier this month

France 24

Kazakhstan FM vows to share 'proof' that 'foreign terrorists' were involved in protests

Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi granted an interview to FRANCE 24. Earlier this month, peaceful protests against a hike in energy prices in Kazakhstan sparked a brutal crackdown, backed up by military support from Russian-led troops. The official death toll stands at 225, but human rights groups believe it to…

Reuters

Former Kazakh president denies conflict among elite

Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev said in a video address on Tuesday that there was no conflict among Kazakhstan's elite, in his first appearance since unrest rocked the former Soviet country this month.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pierre Cardin Plans Paris Comeback after Founder's Death

Luxury label Pierre Cardin is set to return to Paris Fashion Week in a bid to breathe new life into the brand, its new boss told AFP, just over a year after the death of its legendary founder. The famed couturier died in December 2020 at the age of 98,…

Reuters

Kazakh ex-leader's nephew sacked as deputy state security chief

Samat Abish, the nephew of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, was sacked as second-in-command at the National Security committee on Monday, the president's office said, the latest Nazarbayev relative to be pushed out of office.

The Guardian - AU

Kazakhstan authorities raise death toll from unrest to 225

Prosecutor says dead include security forces and ‘armed bandits’, with toll dramatically increased from previous figures

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